Improvement in belts for suspending garments



E. A. HAYDEN. Belt forl suspending Garments.

` Patented Feb. 12, 1878.

UNITED-STATES PATENT-OFFICE.

.HENRY A. HAYDEN, on Nnw vonK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELTS FOR SUSPENDING GARIVIENTS.v

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,293, dated February12, 1878; application led November 28, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. A. HAYDEN, now of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSuspending Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a perspective view, showing a belt with suspending devicesattached thereto to hold a pair of pantaloons. Fig. 2 shows a front viewof a suspending device secured to a section of a belt. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the saine, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a section of thesame, showing how the article is held to which-it is applied.

The object of my invention is to produce a belt for suspending garmentswhen placed within them, provided with suspending devices, consisting,essentially, of a pair or pairs of plates, between which a part or partsof the garment is or are held; and it consists in a belt provided withsuspending devices, as will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed. v

Referring to the drawings, G is a belt intended to surround the waistand lie within the garment to be supported, the ends of which belt aresecured together by means of any suitable clasp or other fasteningdevice. To this belt are secured several suspending devices, which areintended to firmly grasp and hold the garment to be supported at severalpoints. The preferred vform of this suspending device I will nowdescribe.

A represents a plate, having ears B secured thereto, or forming a partof the same. D is a second plate, provided with ears E, lsecured theretoorforming a partthereof. These plates y A and D are connected togetherbya wire, H,

passing through the ears B E, so as to allow the plates to move towardand from each other. One end of the plate D is bent and provided withclaws F, which project a short distance beyond the end of the plate A,for a purpose to be explained.

Gr is a spring coiled about the wire H, one

end pressing against the plate A, and the other against the plate D, soas to cause the claws F to be constantly pressed toward the plate A. Anywell-known form of spring may be used instead of the coiled one shown.

The plates A and D may be cut out in any ornamental form to make thedevice light and tasteful, and yet be of sufficient strength.

The garment to be supported is placed between the plate A and the clawsF of plate D. The spring G causes the claws F to press into the articleand force the-same over the end of the plate A, forming a bend, as shownin Fig. 4., and thus to firmly hold the article, the forcibly pullingthe same causing the `jaws and plates to more fully grasp it.

The suspending devices may be secured to the belt C by rivets passingthrough the latter and the plates A, by sewing the said plates thereto,or in any other suitable and convenient manner.

In Fig. l a belt is shown provided with suspending devices to grasp thewaistband of a pair of pantaloons, the belt being within the garment.

It is to be understood that the belt provided with suspending devicesmay be used to support any other garment desired.

' This belt provided with suspending devices is very useful for minersand other persons whose occupations require constant stooping, as thebelt need not be tightened as much as when employed without suchdevices, and yet the pantaloons or under-clothing will be supported aswell as if Suspenders were employed, and will give a greater freedom ofmovement than if the ordinary belt was used.

The suspending device described can be used with suspenders, its plate Abeing riveted or otherwise secured at its ends.

I am aware that belts provided with hooks,

eyes, and buttons for suspending garments are old; and such I do notclaim, broadly; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by v ing devices consisting of oneor more pairs of In testimony whereof I have signed my plates, the underplate of each pair being sename to this specification in the presence ofcured to the belt, and the outer plate of each two subscribingWitnesses.

pair being pivoted to said under plate and constructed with claws thatproject a short Witnesses: distance beyond the end of said under plate7H. T. MUNsON, substantially as shown and described. GEO. H. GRAHAM.

HENRY A. HAYDEN.

